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PAT McCRORY
GOVERNOR
MULTIRACIAL HERITAGE WEEK
2015
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, there are over 9 million individuals who identify themselves as more than one race in the
United States, which is the fastest growing population in the country, according to the 2010 Decennial Census;
and
WHEREAS, North Carolina has a multiracial population of approximately 206,199 people representing
2.2 percent of the state population and this population continues to grow; and
WHEREAS, North Carolina is a true melting pot ofrace and ethnicity, and honors many different
groups with days, weeks, or months that celebrate their heritage; and
WHEREAS, multiracial individuals are part of North Carolina's ethnically diverse communities that
make up our rich and varied heritage and contribute to our way of life;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAT McCRORY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby
proclaim June 7-14, 2015, as "MULTIRACIAL HERITAGE WEEK" in North Carolina, and commend its
observance to all citizens.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-ninth day of April in the year of our Lord two thousand and
fifteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-ninth.
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PAT McCRORY
GOVERNOR
MULTIRACIAL HERITAGE WEEK
2015
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, there are over 9 million individuals who identify themselves as more than one race in the
United States, which is the fastest growing population in the country, according to the 2010 Decennial Census;
and
WHEREAS, North Carolina has a multiracial population of approximately 206,199 people representing
2.2 percent of the state population and this population continues to grow; and
WHEREAS, North Carolina is a true melting pot ofrace and ethnicity, and honors many different
groups with days, weeks, or months that celebrate their heritage; and
WHEREAS, multiracial individuals are part of North Carolina's ethnically diverse communities that
make up our rich and varied heritage and contribute to our way of life;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAT McCRORY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby
proclaim June 7-14, 2015, as "MULTIRACIAL HERITAGE WEEK" in North Carolina, and commend its
observance to all citizens.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-ninth day of April in the year of our Lord two thousand and
fifteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-ninth.
~£!!~ Governor